Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-10-24
A Paper Read az tho Late Fduca-
uonal Meeting Held nt
Barton Landing

the present time compared with tHc
past.
Time has wrought great ebHHap.
and Ga no other way 90 wc see thr
change for the better so plainly d.
lustrated, as iu the schools of tu.Iaf
compared with those OBJ Doe nast
Science now takes prominent place
% the exclusion of thp "gond oId
ways of times gone by The schools
Of to-day cost more, % s. ug. hut
the returns are much greater Thpy
are NO more like the schools 90 lhr
past than the steam engine De- IIbo tHr
old stape-eoach. Asa result 30 fhr
improvement, thc industrIps of 1n
kinds are betlcred The groom ha.
given way to tbc engineer, aud tHr
engine ha- taken che plaee of tlg
stage.
There wa- time when only tHr
seventh boy could bc sent to college.
now an must hc cducated Then lHr
ordinary boy was satisfied with Iu.l
geography enough o. enable hIm tn
locate the town or county, and amm.
mar only enough to be understood
Now people have broader tigu
Boys must have the power of speech
cultivated -o a- to usc their language
and talent to the hpst advantage.
They must be independent Do Thought
and act. willing to strike fur fhe
right. lhi- cultmr may hp obtained
90 some extent Zoo thc lyotum rH
SONS in debate often mku lha nuaI
with many lime points. hui upau hH.
ginning to speak their be.t lhuanHl
have flown from thcm. nnd ihfN mr
obliged % resume tbrIr -rH- wth0Ht
accomplishing tbcir purpose Mr
should De- able to trll what 50 know
Men may he filled with knowledge
aud yet bc az lacking 8f uo pool uf
knowledge as the smallest child Uur
public education Is deficient r IrU iH
the teachers alone. rnrcuts .hoIId
take hold and help they nn Ia IHi#
by visiting thc schools aud showing
that they have an interest boo f4a
great work by saying an ruc1uma
ing word. 81 even hr-t1viue HtlU
mcrited praise. Parents by uot c1.
operating with teachers me doing o
great wrong which nothing au u
pair. Not very long an1 HtIe
knowledge loo reading. writing. prI'
ing and arithmetic uus considered
enough. now bookkeeping, phya0uIn.
py. hygiene. history momIa uud
manners, thc elements Of free HHuH
drawing and music arc pau af tls
branches, which are deemed ua.aHH.
ry for every school A nbmae M
come and wo feel tbp p0eaa uf .i
Teachers should Boz social tu 1ur au.
other and to all with whom tHoY H..
sociatc. You can guu thp friend
ship of "a person soonest hY .peahuH
well of hIs friends. Notb.ug s .1
detrimental to our school system %.
the TOO frequent change of eaDhe
IN tho west where tbry consider thDr
schools superior to ours. 3D. IH uu un.
common thing for 3 Teacher tn b.
employed ln one school forFum# "A
teachers second term j. worth wIae
as much % thr district a up Gnt
one. Tile quotation olpIa. directly
30 the change of teachoH .A rolling
stone gathers uo MOSS
We should cultivate strong rNmHa.
ters Don't look to the pIaar t1 HuH.
or you but do your Hrst 10 bona. HI.
place, anil you win feI npII wI ra.
the effort An oId say.ue s. "lIa.
cate men and you prevent rmr
The Same g. true to SOME tstnU u
the school-room 1hr common .uHuuI
education is broad. aud comprehend
the elements ~ alI orrupalIoHa &c
life. The Judge, tHe daear fle
merchant, cau uIi say uilh truth.
"Ihc basis of my work waa IauueI
in the public schools lhr rra
system 0f cducnfou Was established
lees than two centuries ago. aHi &.
wac at chat Time Hs compared uIIH
the present. us the primer la 90 IHe
encyclopedia. The work of lIa rH.
ucated will be houpfel fU tHu .YaI
ID has done and wild do. Na people
are secure ubo lfe In thr m.d.i Uf
ignorance aud vice. Al educated
people must depend upon It aYoI
schools aud tle character of HH
teacberr children should 3. .a ~.
uoated that when tbey mufcW ma.
jorIty they will heip t0 rinHI. aI
about them instead ~ dragging IIm
down. People Ieuu tlelr own uH.f#
when they begin to study aui l1H.
for themsfyes Mere IrWuuG
not wisdom. Education % D. H.
ful must Boz of character aH.H
raises people Into higher .pH1e Hf
usefulness ~ tlemaeItea HH H.r
t-sociates
The bfc of uus Teacher 5. Ha.
1ne of case. hut itI one 81 laI maI
.arc. 80 excellence can he .U.HuH
without labor "Desua.I 0f Ha.HHt
you would attain unpfHH.I dI.
xeHce your point sIl' ga.u
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